ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 Live Scores, Schedule, Team Squads, Points Table, Live Streaming & TV Channel
ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 is a cricket tournament scheduled to be held from March 04 to March 25, 2018, in Zimbabwe to decide the final qualification for the 2019 World Cup.
The top two teams will qualify for the World Cup, joining the hosts England and the seven teams (Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, and Sri Lanka) who will have already qualified through their ranking in the ICC ODI Championship.
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 features thirty-four matches (20 Group match, Playoff matches, and the final), ten teams participate in the competition, divided into two groups. Each side will play the other teams in their group once with the top three from the groups progressing to the Super Six stage. The teams each play three Super Six matches against the sides they did not meet in the group stage. All points won in the groups will be carried over to the Super Six stage apart from those gained against the bottom two from each group. The finalists will both progress to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, while the Netherlands (ICC World Cricket League Championship winners) and the three highest finishing Associate Members will earn One-Day International (ODI) status till 2022 upon the conclusion of the event.
Star Sports to broadcast live coverage of ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 (10 matches) in India and its subcontinent (Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Maldives, and Bhutan) countries, these matches also streamed live in the Indian subcontinent on Hotstar (Website, App) digital platform. Ten ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier matches will be broadcast live to 200 countries by Star Sports and other official broadcasters.
ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 Schedule, Live Scores, and Results
Date: March 04, 2018
Match: Papua New Guinea vs UAE, 1st Match, Group A
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 04, 2018
Match: Ireland vs Netherlands, 2nd Match, Group A
Venue: Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 04, 2018
Match: Zimbabwe vs Nepal, 3rd Match, Group B
Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 04, 2018
Match: Afghanistan vs Scotland, 4th Match, Group B
Venue: Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 06, 2018
Match: Papua New Guinea vs Ireland, 5th Match, Group A
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 06, 2018
Match: Windies vs UAE, 6th Match, Group A
Venue: Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 06, 2018
Match: Zimbabwe vs Afghanistan, 7th Match, Group B
Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 06, 2018
Match: Scotland vs Hong Kong, 8th Match, Group B
Venue: Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 08, 2018
Match: Netherlands vs UAE, 9th Match, Group A
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 08, 2018
Match: Windies vs Papua New Guinea, 10th Match, Group A
Venue: Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 08, 2018
Match: Scotland vs Nepal, 11th Match, Group B
Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 08, 2018
Match: Afghanistan vs Hong Kong, 12th Match, Group B
Venue: Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 10, 2018
Match: Windies vs Ireland, 13th Match, Group A
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 10, 2018
Match: Papua New Guinea vs Netherlands, 14th Match, GroupA
Venue: Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 10, 2018
Match: Zimbabwe vs Hong Kong, 15th Match, Group B
Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 10, 2018
Match: Afghanistan vs Nepal, 16th Match, Group B
Venue: Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 12, 2018
Match: Windies vs Netherlands, 17th Match, Group A
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 12, 2018
Match: Ireland vs UAE, 18th Match, Group A
Venue: Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 12, 2018
Match: Hong Kong vs Nepal, 19th Match, Group B
Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 12, 2018
Match: Zimbabwe vs Scotland, 20th Match, Group B
Venue: Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 15, 2018
Match: Windies vs Afghanistan, 1st Super Sixes
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 15, 2018
Match: UAE vs Scotland, 2nd Super Sixes
Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 15, 2018
Match: PNG vs Nepal, Play-off
Venue: Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 15, 2018
Match: Netherlands vs Hong Kong, Play-off
Venue: Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 16, 2018
Match: Ireland vs Zimbabwe, 3rd Super Sixes
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 17, 2018
Match: Nepal vs Netherlands, 7th Place Play off
Venue: Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 17, 2018
Match: Hong Kong vs Papua New Guinea, 9th Place Play off
Venue: Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 18, 2018
Match: Ireland vs Scotland, 4th Super Sixes
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 19, 2018
Match: Windis vs Zimbabwe, 5th Super Sixes
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 20, 2018
Match: UAE vs Afghanistan, 6th Super Sixes
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 21, 2018
Match: Windies vs Scotland, 7th Super Sixes
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 22, 2018
Match: UAE vs Zimbabwe, 8th Super Sixes
Venue: Old Hararians Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 23, 2018
Match: Ireland vs Afghanistan, 9th Super Sixes
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Date: March 25, 2018
Match: Windies vs Afghanistan, Final
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Time: 08:00 AM GMT, 10:00 AM LOCAL, 01:30 PM IST
Team Squads for ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018
Group A: Papua New Guinea, Ireland, Netherlands, Windies, UAE
Group B: Zimbabwe, Afghanistan, Scotland, Hong Kong, Nepal
Windies Squad: Jason Holder (c), Jason Mohammed, Carlos Brathwaite, Devendra Bishoo, Kemar Roach, Sheldon Cottrell, Chris Gayle, Shimron Hetmyer, Shai Hope, Ashley Nurse, Evin Lewis, Nikita Miller, Rovman Powell, Marlon Samuels, Kesrick Williams
Ireland Squad: William Porterfield (c), Peter Chase, James Shannon, George Dockrell, Andrew Balbirnie, Ed Joyce, Tim Murtagh, Andy McBrine, Barry McCarthy, Kevin O Brien, Niall O Brien, Boyd Rankin, Simi Singh, Paul Stirling, Gary Wilson
Papua New Guinea Squad: Assadollah Vala (c), Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Tony Ura, Mahuru Dai, Kiplin Doriga, Jason Kila, Vani Morea, Alei Nao, Damien Ravu, Chad Soper, John Reva, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua and Jack Vare
Netherlands Squad: Peter Borren (c), Wesley Barresi, Ryan ten Doeschate, Ben Cooper, Paul van Meekeren, Stephan Myburgh, Roelof van der Merwe, Max O’Dowd, Scott Edwards, Shane Snater, Pieter Seelaar, Fred Klaassen, Timm van der Gugten, Viv Kingma, Sikander Zulfiqar
Zimbabwe Squad: Graeme Cremer (c), Ryan Burl, Solomon Mire, Tendai Chatara, Tendai Chisoro, Craig Ervine, Kyle Jarvis, Hamilton Masakadza, Tarisai Musakanda, Peter Moor, Blessing Muzarabani, Brian Vitori, Sikandar Raza, Brendan Taylor, Malcolm Waller
Afghanistan Squad: Asghar Stanikzai (c), Mohammad Shahzad, Mohammad Nabi, Ihsanullah Janat, Rahmat Shah, Najibullah Zadran, Javed Ahmadi, Samiullah Shinwari, Nasir Jamal, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Zadran Sharafuddin Ashraf, Dawlat Zadran Shapoor Zadran, Noor Ali Zadran, Aftab Alam, Karim Janat, Afsar Zazai
Scotland Squad: Kyle Coetzer (c), Richie Berrington, Safyaan Sharif, Matthew Cross, Ali Evans, Michael Jones, Michael Leask, Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Chris Sole, Mark Watt, Tom Sole, Craig Wallace, Brad Wheal and Stuart Whittingham
United Arab Emirates Squad: Rohan Mustafa (c), Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed, Rameez Shahzad, Ghulam Shabbir, Muhammad Boota, Adnan Mufti, Muhammad Usman, Shaiman Anwar, Muhammad Amir Hayat, Ahmed Raza, Imran Haider, Qadeer Ahmed, Muhammad Naveed, Zahoor Khan
Hong Kong Squad: Babar Hayat (c), Anshuman Rath (vc), Nizakat Khan, Scott McKechnie, Simandeep Singh, Ahsan Ali Abbasi, Ehsan Khan, Aizaz Khan, Tanwir Afzal, Ehsan Nawaz, Nadeem Ahmed, Tanveer Ahmed, Christopher Carter, Shahid Wasif, Haroon Arshad
Reserved Players: Kyle Christie, Waqas Khan, Kinchit Shah, Raag Kapur, Waqas Barkat
Nepal Squad: Paras Khadka (c), Gyanendra Malla (vc), Shakti Gauchan, Basant Regmi, Sharad Vesawkar, Sompal Kami, Karan KC, Md. Arif Sheikh, Sandeep Lamichhane, Dipendra Singh Airee, Dilip Nath, Lalit Bhandari, Anil Kumar Sah, Rohit Kumar Paudel, Lalit Narayan Rajbanshi
Reserve Players: Sunil Dhamala, Kishor Mahato, Siddhant Lohani, Binod Bhandari
ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 Points Table, Team Standings
ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 Points table shall be compiled by International Cricket Council (ICC), below full information of points provided on different situation.
- 4 points awarded for each match won
- 2 point per team taking part in any match with no result and any match which is tied (super over not possible or super over also tied)
- 0 points awarded for any match lost
- Order in the Table Determined by 1. Total Points, 2. Net Run Rate (NRR For minus NRR Against over the whole competition)
ICC World Cup Qualifier 2018 Points Table (PLD – Played Matches, PTS – Points )
| Group A |
Team | PLD | PTS |
| 1 | Windies |
4 | 8 |
| 2 | Ireland |
4 | 6 |
| 3 | UAE |
4 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands |
4 | 2 |
| 5 | PNG |
4 | 0 |
| Group B |
Team | PLD | PTS |
| 1 | Zimbabwe |
4 | 7 |
| 2 | Scotland |
4 | 7 |
| 3 | Afghanistan |
4 | 2 |
| 4 | Nepal |
4 | 2 |
| 5 | Hong Kong |
4 | 2 |
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